Check-row corn-planter



(No Model.) Y

C. A. ANDERSON.

0111301: ROW CORN PLANTERk No. 364,463. Patented June '7, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

CHARLES ANDERSON, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

CH ECK-ROW CORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364.463. d t d J 111m1887- Application filed March 1!, 1887. Serial No. 230,492. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES A. Axons soN, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Rockford, in the county of \Vinnebago andState of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Check-.Row Oorn-Planters, of which the following is a specification.

My improvements relate to the planters for which United States LettersPatent wereissued to me February 29, 1876, No. 174,179,

' and May 2, 1882, No. 257,429fand myinvention consists in theconstruction and combination of a detachable and adjustable cam with abent lever connected with the seed-slide, a detachable collar for thehub of the auxiliary wheel, provided with cams that project in reverseways, and markers on the auxiliary wheel, as hereinafter set forth,pointed outin my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a top view of my complete planter. Fig. 2 is anenlarged face View of the inner end of the hub of the auxiliary wheel,having the adjustable collar andcams fixed thereto by means ofaset-screw. Fig. 3 is a rear end view of the machine.

A is the frame of the carriage, supported upon wheels B B in a commonway. A is the front or runner-frame, supported upon runners B in acommon way. The hounds B of the front carriage are hinged to theprojecting side bars of the rear carriage-frame, as clearly shown inFig. 1.

O is an elbow-shaped bar, fixed to the rear end of the tongue of therunner-framein such a manner that it will engage the under side of therear carriage and restrict the depression of the front end of the tongueand carriage, and also in such a manner that the driver on the seat canplace his foot on the bar and thereby depress'the heels of the runnersfor the purpose of regulating their depth in the ground, so that thecorn may be planted as deep in stiff or hard ground as in loose or softground.

dis a straight bar of wood hinged to the runner-frame by means of ametal extension,

d, in such a manner that its rear end can be raised and lowered.

d is a lever pivoted to the top of a fulcrum,

d, that is connected with the axle of the earliage in such a manner thatthe long arm of the lever will extend within reach of the driver, sothat he can, when on his seat, depress the said arm to therebyelevatethe rear end of the bar (2 and the auxiliary wheel F, carried by thesaid bar.

d is a catch that retains the lever depressed and the bar elevated.

9 represents the axle upon which the wheel F rotates. It is fixed to therear portion of the bar (I, and has a bent extension, 9', that,

arches over the carriagewhecl B and is hinged to the central portion ofthe rear carriageframe.

h is an elbow-shaped lever, pivoted in bear ings h, fixed to the bar (Iin such a manner that it will vibrate horizontally. Its front end isflexibly connected with the seed-slide h by means of a bent bar, h, insuch a manner that when the lever is vibrated it will i1npart arectilinear reciprocating motion to the seed slide, as required to dropseeds from the two seedboxes simultaneously.

t is an adjustable cam clamped to the rear end of the lever h by meansof a set-screw, k, thatis passed through a slot in the lever in such amanner that the cam can be readily adjusted relative to the cams andmarkers carried by the auxiliary wheel F, as required to operate thelever and seed'slide at the same instant that one of the markers makes aprint in the ground to indicate the point where the seeds were dropped,so that on a return trip the seeds can be dropped in line with the rowspreviously planted and check-rows produced without any previous markingof the ground.

at is a collar, adjustably connected with the inner end of the hub ofthe wheel F, by means of a set-screw, m, in such a manner that it can bereadily adjusted relative to the markers at on the wheel F. lhe wheelhas radial arms or spokes, and two of these arms, that are diametricallyopposed to each other, carry the cross-heads or markers at in such amanner that they will com-e flat in contact with the loose ground as thewheel revolves and make plainl yvisible prints, while the cross-headsonthe remainder of the spokes are fixed in such a manner that theirsharp edges will enter the ground without making plain marks. The collaron has earns l 2 3 4-, equidistant apart. Two of them are on the inneredge and inclined-so that they will engage the cam t, as required, topress the rear end of the lever outward. The other two are on the outeredge of the collar and inclined, as required, to press the rear endofthe same lever inward. It is there fore obvious that when the cams tand 1 2 3 4 are properly adjusted relative to each other and the markers12 that intermittent motions will be imparted to the seed-slide atregular intervals as the machineis advaneed,as required, to plant seedsat equal distances apart and to mark the point where they are planted,to thereby direct the planting on a return trip, as required, toprodueeeheck-rows.

I elaim as my im'euti0n- 1. The combination of the lever h, theadjustable cam 13, the detachable and adjustable collar m, having fixedcams l 234, and the wheel F, having markers at, for the purposes stated.

2. The combination of the bar (I, having the earn 2', the axle g g,carrying the wheel F, having markers 12, the collar m, having earns l 23 4, the lever d, the fulcrum d, a seed-slide h, and a eonneetingbar, h,constructed, an ranged, and combined with a cor11-planter, substantiallyas shown and described for the purposes stated.

GHARLES A, ANDERSON,

YVitnesses:

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